[19]. Long coat worn by Russian peasants.
[20]. Metropolitan.
[21]. In provincial places in Russia it is customary to use an abacus in adding up accounts.
[22]. Colloquial for “the wife of Lòpàtin.”
[23]. The Patronymic without the Christian name of the person addressed is a common colloquialism.
[24]. A Russian proverb.
[25]. Russian hymn.
[26]. Russian sacred songs.
[27]. Special canticle on a Saint’s day.
[28]. In the Greek Church the psalms are divided up into a kind of rosary.